What is it about?
The article discusses different characters from the Harry Potter series and questions the representation of their sexuality by reading fanfiction (mainly, slash fanfiction) of different pairings.
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Why is it important?
This article shows how a re-reading of the text through the lens fanfiction offers can shed light on representational issues of gender and sexuality in literature in general and in Harry Potter specifically.
Perspectives
I enjoyed writing this article immensely as fanfiction was one of the platforms that I used when I finished reading the Harry Potter books. It offers an alternative that most readers don't particularly get in popular literature.
Dr. Nardeen Dow
Tel Aviv University
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This page is a summary of: Homosocial or homoerotic: A re-reading of gender and sexuality in Harry Potter through fanfiction, Queer Studies in Media & Popular Culture, March 2020, Intellect,
DOI: 10.1386/qsmpc_00023_1.
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